うお！眼に焼きついた懐かしい？朝食！ 7年ほど前に短い日数でのロンドン旅行を決行したんですけど、前日深夜まで仕事に追われてパッキングが精一杯だったので何も下調べしないで出かけて、食事にホトホト困ったんです。それで確実に食べられるホテルの朝食をたらふく食べて夜まで持たせる作戦に出まして(苦笑)。薄いトーストがまさにイギリスって感じで、ポットの紅茶と一緒に食べまくりました。隣の部屋の中国人の夫妻はドライフルーツが苦手だと困ってましたが私には美味でしたよ。でも悪い噂にたがわない食事情だなぁと閉口したんですが、junさんが留学中は苦労しなかったんですか？

これが全く苦労しませんでした！サンドイッチなんて日本よりもおいしいと思うんだけどな〜。乳製品は素晴らしいし、例えイギリスがダメでもイタリア、フランス、スペイン、ポルトガルやギリシャの素材がお手軽に手に入るので家で作ればオイシイし。 でも、やっぱりレストランや人の家に行って料理を出されてビックリ！って事は何度もありましたよ。というか、そういう覚悟を決めるのは日本人として当然です。日本は何でもオイシイからね〜。 とは言っても7年前とくらべたら、ロンドン事情もやや進歩してると思いますよ。美味しいものを出すガストロ・パブが増えてるし。やっと食べながら飲める時代になってきてるという事です。前はパブでナッツとポテトチップスで延々とビール飲んで、帰宅途中にフライドポテトってな感じだったから、やっぱりレベルあがってます。

hi jun chan! i bet you didn't fry the bread (in lard) though!

Oh, no! I didn't know that they fry the bread in lard (I wonder if I ever tried one). Keiko, I hope your British partner won't try this at home ;-)

Hi Jun!! I'm impressed with your breakfast! But my favourite fried breakfast things are fried bread and bubble and squeak, maybe black pudding too! These things will put you on the way to be breakfast sensai!! It's really nice to fry some bread in the oil thats left in the pan, although not very healthy, it tastes great. It has to be sliced white loaf though! Bubble and squeak started in war time when people used to put together all the leftovers from their dinner the night before and fry them all up. It's become a bit more specific now and seems to be fried mash potatoes with cabbage in it. I'm sure you could find a good internet recipe!! Black pudding is of course congealed pigs blood which is completely gross, but tastes alright!! I don't use lard though!! Scrambled eggs is a bit more American or continental than fried eggs!! I can feel my arteries hardening already!! Nx

Hi nigel (british museum, boo!), I was going to make fried eggs but I broke the egg yorks by mistake!! I never had a chance to eat black pudding. I want to try it next time, but It's Irish isn't it? Do I have to go to Irland to eat the best black pudding?

Hi Jun. I'm not sure if it's Irish. I think they make it in England too. I think lots of butchers used to make it. I know the ones in Yorkshire used to when I lived there! If you try Black Pudding I'll try Natto when I visit you, as my new flatmate is sure I'll like it! Also start buying camoflague patterned clothes. When the babies are sick on you nobody notices it so much, Uncle Nigel xx

I hope your flatmate likes Natto (otherwise, he is saying your taste is...)! Anyway, I would be very happy to taste black pudding next time. I think I don't need camoflague patterened clothes. I (and probably you too!) wouldn't carry them if they look sick! ;-p

Jun, your first baby lesson, they puke all the time, they don't need to look sick! beware or your good clothes! mum and dad say hi to you!! nx

Say hello to mum and dad :-D